Another popular superstition is throwing water which is done at various times when someone leaves on a trip prople throw water out of the window to wish the traveler a good trip this is so the person will go and come back like water water is also thrown out when a funeral procession goes by the street so that death will not come into their homes the armenians who are christians who live in syria throw water on each other on a special saint's day in mid-july for fertility and prosperity